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Sunday, April 20, 2014

Of bugs and shining lights.

It was the only thing they could see, glowing with a
brightness that was irresistibly drawing them…

To what?

Death.

Upon walking out of the building where I work/study/worship,
I was simply enjoying the beauty of the night with a few friends, until someone
pointed them out. Dead bugs, all over the sidewalk.

This was crazy. There must have been at least fifty dead or
dying beetles. And they were increasing by the minute.

Lured on by the brightness of the light in the parking lot,
they had to see how close they could get to that amazing thing. Just a little
closer…

They only did it once.

And I can’t help but think of another similar phenomenon I
have witnessed. Not with beetles. Rather, humanity.

I see them racing towards this brilliantly shining,
magnetically attractive thing called worldliness. It’s as though they can’t
help themselves.

They notice not their fellows who have gone there, and tragically
died. It’s as though it’s a race to see who can get the closest, most quickly.

And most of them fall dying to the earth. They found it to
be worthless, too late.

I don’t want that for me. It could easily happen to me. Has
come close many times. But God has something better than dying on the sidewalk
after a short encounter with the glitter of the world. He’s got an eternity of
true bliss, in the brightness of His presence.

1 comment:

Press on...

"The humble, self-denying life of our divine Lord we are to keep constantly in view. And then as we seek to imitate Him, keeping our eye upon the mark of the prize, we can run this race with certainty, knowing that if we do the very best we can we shall certainly secure the prize. . . ."

--In Heavenly Places, pg. 276.

This blog's inspiration...

"The greatest want of the world is the want of men--men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall."